Mr. Frank Milam — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation

Page 1U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, D.C. 20590 Materials Safety Pipeline and Hazardous Administration AUG 30 2007 1900 River Road Mr. Frank Milam Ref. No.: 07-0146 Burlington, NJ 08016 Dear Mr. Milam: This is in response to your July 19, 2007 letter and your follow-up letter of July 23, 2007, requesting that this Office review your company's hazard warning labels for compliance with the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180). You enclosed approximately 32 different labels and duplicates of those labels in a follow-up letter, sixty- four (64) in all. Under the HMR, hazard warning labels must conform to the requirements specified in § 172.407. Any color on a hazard warning label, upon visual examination, must fall within specifications set forth in Table 1 or 2 in Appendix A to Part 172 (see § 172.407(d)(4)). In the color tolerances on the appropriate color charts conforming to the technical accordance with § 172.407(d)(5), labels conforming to PANTONE® color standards are also acceptable. However, if you choose to use PANTONE® colors, the labels must be an exact match to the color in the PANTONE® formula guide coated/uncoated. Labels are required to be at least 100 mm (3.9 inches) on each side with each side having a solid line inner border 5.0 to 6.3 mm (0.2 to 0.25 inches) from the edge (see § 172.407(c)). The background color on each label must be as prescribed in §§ 172.411 shown in black on a label, except that white may be used on a label with a one color through 172.448 (see § 172.407(d)(1)). The symbol, text, numbers, and border must be background of green, red, or blue, and white must be used for the text and class number for the CORROSIVE label (See § 172.407(d)(2)). hazard warning labels required on packages of hazardous materials for transportation in This Office does not perform extensive compliance reviews of the design and color of 172.407 070146 172.411-448#

Page 2commerce. We are returning all of your labels in the two envelopes you enclosed for this purpose. I hope this information is helpful. If we can be of further assistance, please contact us. Sincerely, Chief, Standards Division Office of Hazardous Materials Standards#

Page 3• Engrum $192.407 07/19/07 §172.411-448 To whom it may Concern, 17-814 Please review our labels for D.O.T. compliance standards. Reply in supplied return envelope with your comments. Thank you for your help. Frank Milam 1900 River Rd Burlington, NJ 08016 Ph# 609 499 7011 E-mail frank.milam@gsa.gov#